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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 2000
Page
9
A columnist laments the Information Age as pre recorded menus and multiple numbers slow service. She recalls simpler times with one rotary phone and family call rhythms, urging a return to plain phones and shared moments. Sonja McGillivray’s Saturday column invites reader feedback.
A two hour meeting launched a four month study by LKC Consultants to locate Odessa Midland public transport needs and costs. The project budget is about 15000 dollars, updating the 1996 LEC study while adding new factors, aiming to reach local consensus and involve residents.
Odessa plans moving Fire Stations 8 and 5 to new sites along Yukon Road and Eastridge Road with construction on Eastridge Faudree road extension. City aims for six minute response and potential insurance rating boost. some Lawndale residents oppose the changes hoping for local protection.
Odessa court records show Leon Hampton Jr., 17, jailed for 35 years after an Ector County jury found him guilty of the March murder of William Stephen Nance. Defense argued for leniency, while prosecutor urged a harsher sentence.
A 39 year old Odessa man turned himself in to arson investigators on Friday amid an arson probe into a December 31 house fire at 3720 N Everglade Ave. He is jailed on a second degree felony arson charge and will face a judge for bond. Investigators found accelerant patterns and camping fuel in the living room. The suspect later admitted using camping fuel. The fire caused about 3,240 dollars in damage and the insurance company will cover more.
The border resort complex at La Jitas on the Rio Grande including motel restaurant gift shop RV park stables and a private airstrip will be auctioned February 24 after 23 years of ownership by Southwestern Investment Corporation Two adjoining land tracts are included Open house starts February 10 with bids due auction day Hotel manager Will Marley notes occupancy fell in 1998 but cites El Niño weather as the main factor.
Key Energy Services shares rose to a record 8 11/16 as second quarter earnings showed big gains over March and September quarters. Revenues reached 159.4 million for the quarter ending December 31, up 6.3 percent from September.
At Music City Mall Kaleidoscope Company booth, Megan Gray and Halli Perkins apply glitter to a painted face during Kidskate 2000 an all night skating event to support the American Cancer Society About 200 children attended Kaitlin Hendrick watches nearby in the Friday evening activity
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